Sentences with phrase «whether exam schools»

With challenging classes, dedicated and knowledgeable teachers, and able, motivated peers from all kinds of backgrounds, it's reasonable to ask whether exam schools consume more than their share of scarce financial resources.

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Whether they learn the entire high school program, or just the final year courses to prove previously acquired learning, or even challenge the leaving or entrance (SAT) exams, children that are motivated are serious, focused learners and nothing will stop them.

Although state regulations may vary, all five surveyed states require that a member of the school nutrition staff be designated as the «person in charge» and pass a food safety exam from an accredited certification program.15 This person is responsible for supervising people in the kitchen, whether school staff or community members, to ensure that they comply with all state and local regulations.

Community colleges give placement exams to decide whether incoming students need remediation, but in some instances those exams test things that were never taught in high school.

Gripper said AQE is paying attention to whether community schools are looking after the overall wellbeing of their students, examining the plans they submit to make sure students are getting eye exams and have access to guidance counselors and psychiatrists.

The fashion industry tends to have little interest in whether the models may have a school exam they need to study for or a best friend's 16th birthday party they wouldn't dream of missing.

We'll find out over time whether kids in schools and states that join in the common curricula and exams do better (or worse) than in those that maintain their curricular independence.

By 2004, high - school graduates will be required to pass five Regents exams; many question whether this goal can be achieved without increasing the dropout rate.

And it has been commendably principled on the question of whether exit exams increase dropout rates: The 2003 edition of its annual study snidely commented, «Exit exams are certainly not helping to keep students in school.»

Wanting first to determine how many there are and where they are located, we also wondered whether the «exam school» could be a worthy response to the dilemma of how best to develop the talents of our nation's high - performing and high - potential youth in a climate consumed with gap closing and leaving no child behind.

She says, «Whether they like to admit it or not, college prep schools often are greatly affected by AP exam scores, SAT test scores, and the number of students they can place in prestigious universities.»

That decision by the state board of education, made Jan. 12, comes as a growing number of states are grappling with whether to hold firm on high school graduation requirements even as many students fail to pass graduation exams.

Loveless» study is the first to assess whether outcomes at the end of high school — specifically participation and scoring on AP exams — may be associated with tracking in eighth grade.

In several states, candidates are also required to pass the School Leaders Licensure Assessment, an exam designed to check whether the applicants hold professionally sanctioned values and attitudes.

We look to the end - of - week spelling test, the end - of - quarter biology exam, even the high school exit exam, to tell us whether our children are developing the skills and learning the material they'll need to succeed both in and out of school.

When Bishop examined the effects of high - school exit exams, one traditional form of external accountability, on intrinsic motivation by comparing whether students subjected to this approach engaged in less reading for pleasure or were more likely to associate learning with rote memorization, he found no evidence that accountability undermined natural curiosity and even found some evidence of the opposite.

There seems to be no consensus about whether the across - the - board increases in U.S. graduation rates reported by the federal government last week are the result of No Child Left Behind - era accountability mechanisms or the data - based decisionmaking stressed under the Obama administration, more early - warning systems to identify potential dropouts, or fewer high school exit exams.

«In most countries, the standard for 16 - year - olds is higher than what we expect from an 18 - year - old graduating high school in America,» Payzant says, explaining that a board exam taken during the tenth grade would determine whether students were prepared and had learned enough to enter the next stage of their education.

Abstract: Whether we fail in school or life exams, suicide is not an answer.

On the NAEP exams in reading and mathematics, students in charter schools perform no better than those in regular public schools, whether one looks at black, Hispanic or low - income students, or students in urban districts.

Culminating with in - depth profiles of eleven exam schools and thoughtful reflection on policy implications, Finn and Hockett ultimately consider whether the country would be better off with more such schools.

Nevertheless, critics of high - stakes testing wonder whether those increases reflect real gains in students» knowledge and skills - gains that ought to translate to students» performance in school and on other exams.

Because fewer students passed the test than passed the previous high school exam, the Maryland Board of Education is now considering whether to lower the score needed to pass the test or to issue two different diplomas, one for students who pass the PARCC exam and are ready for college and one for students who get a lower score on the test.

Exams, whether curriculum - based or minimum - competency, make possible comparisons across schools and among students taught by different teachers.

It might be useful to talk to your daughter about the assessment itself and if you are able to talk to the school about your concerns it could help you decide whether you need to take any further action either with the school for internal assessment or with the exam board for external assessment.

Efforts to disentangle success from economics are made somewhat harder by New York's decision not to adopt one of the national Common Core tests, which promised to allow more apples - to - apples comparisons among school districts across the country (though New York has a modified version of the Common Core standards in place, the state makes its own exams to test whether kids are meeting those expectations).

Morrison's bill was stalled during the session, but she was able to revive it when another bill popped up for consideration — the one about schools having to report to the state about whether children had received a dental exam.

Its head teacher Sandra Sutcliffe said: «Our school does very well in the tests but I hope this will raise a dialogue about whether a 45 - minute exam is the best way to make conclusions about six years of work in primary schools.

«As schools grapple with exam reform we must continue to prioritise the interests of our students, and ensure that they leave our schools with the qualifications they need for their future, regardless of whether this shows up on performance tables or not,» he said.

Schools will be able to download all marked Edexcel GCSE and A-level exam scripts for free from next year in a move to make decisions on whether to challenge grades easier for teachers and exams officers, Schools Week can exclusively reveal.

This past school year, Harrison administrators responded to those concerns by showing teachers exam questions ahead of time, and allowing them to give feedback on whether the reading level and content expectations were appropriate for their students.

The bill was written to let schools eligible for the Choice Scholarship program decide whether to administer the ISTEP exam to assess student learning.

Basically, its provisions are as follows: If a prospective teacher who has a baccalaureate or advanced degree in an academic major other than education passes the appropriate certification exams and background checks and is hired by a school district to teach in the subject area of preparation in grades 8 - 12, the candidate will be granted a probationary certificate for a maximum of two years, at the end of which time the school district decides, based on the teacher's performance, whether or not to recommend the issuance of full standard certification.

However, the change in rules to ensure that boards have to provide schools with exam scripts upon request by 2020 would help identify whether marking errors were to blame for a «disappointing» result.

As well as, the specific needs of students who require accelerated high school courses are met, whether these individuals wish to participate in an honors program or prepare for a college entrance exam.

Whether you're a teacher in a rush to create final exams or a school leader working to get all of your ducks in a row in time for break, here are a few major stories in both the Catholic and educational (and oftentimes both) world to read if you're looking for little break.

It should not make a difference whether they are in high - needs schools or full of gifted kids admitted by competitive exam as are 1/3 of the students at the school at which I teach.

School districts will begin facing the state sanctions based on whether too few students take the exams next spring.

Those are usually summative assessments, whether course based, grade based, or even school exit exams.

By 2022, the school system will require citywide end - of - course exams to assess whether students mastered material during the academic year.

By the time our kids left eighth grade, whether by staying with us for high school or going elsewhere, they had taken upper level classes and four high school exams.

The Relationship between Advanced Placement and College Graduation Students who take and pass AP exams is the best AP - related indicator of whether the school is preparing increasing percentages of its students to graduate from college.

The No Child Left Behind Act, the largest piece of education legislation on the federal level, for example, uses performance on math and reading exams to gauge whether schools are failing or succeeding — and which schools are closed or phased out.

Ros McMullen, who was a head for 15 years, most recently at the top of the LEAF Academy Trust in Yorkshire, said she had never known a pupil and teacher at - odds over whether an exam should be re-marked, but said schools were likely to choose «the hassle of a re-mark over the hassle of an appeal».

Whether a school is now deemed effective depends mostly, if not solely, on league tables and year - on - year exam result comparisons.

The big question raised is whether there are state school pupils who are not getting their exam papers checked, who might otherwise have had their grades improved.

As you will soon discover, a big part of law school is learning when to stop; there is always something more you can do, whether it is reading one more case in a research project, studying for one more hour before an exam, or proofreading a written assignment one more time before turning it in.

Law schools should, I think, be looking at requiring — not just facilitating — multiple modes of assessment and caps on the weighting given to final, end - of - term assessments, whether in the form of 100 - percent exams or 100 - percent papers.

While I have no sympathy for either law professors or law schools, it is interesting to speculate on whether for - profit law schools will lead traditional schools to develop programs that aim to prepare students to pass the bar exam and practice law, rather than sticking with programs that aim to create scholars capable of researching and writing a law review article.

The current version of Standard 503 requires that law schools using alternate admissions tests to the LSAT demonstrate that the alternate exams are valid and reliable in determining whether a candidate can complete the school's legal education program.